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Whiteboards are useful elements in offices, seminar rooms, but also for schools and universities. On the white surfaces, you can, for example, brainstorm, organize your thoughts and develop concepts. But in many institutions there is also the problem that the practical whiteboard boards become ugly after a while and the remnants of felt-tip pens remain visible. However, this need not be the case. With the right care and cleaning, you can remove virtually all residue so that the board can be used for a long time and looks clean. In this guide, we will inform you on how to clean a whiteboard properly and how you can use your whiteboard for a long time.

Important: These tips can not be used to clean Chalkboard .

What is a blackboard?

A whiteboard is a whiteboard with a white surface that can be written on with special felt-tip pens called whiteboard markers. The surface of the board is made of either plastic or enamel. The writing on all boards can be easily wiped off with a sponge without water, allowing you to work quickly. Magnets can also be used on the boards. Whiteboards are available in various formats and also mobile - with wheels - and wings that can be folded out for even more space to write.

Why do I need a blackboard?

A whiteboard, both classic and interactive, has many advantages over the chalkboard and certainly also over the flipchart. Chalkboards are, of course, less used today; a major health problem that teachers or teachers as well as students constantly inhale chalk dust, was eliminated by the development of the classic blackboard.

For brainstorming and creativity in the company as well as in workshops, the main options are now flipcharts and blackboards.

The flipchart is invaluable for seminars and workshops. On the one hand, individual sheets can be designed by the seminar leader as preparation / in advance and then - if necessary even several times - used; on the other hand, the sheets can also be used directly in the seminar to take notes live. Flipcharts are also very suitable for group work: the individual groups can be given a piece of paper on which the group members can summarize the results of their brainstorming. The paper can then be brought out and used to present your own ideas. The seminar leader can also record collective brainstorm sessions for the entire group on the flipchart.

But a whiteboard also has many advantages - and in some respects is even more flexible than a flipchart. The first benefit to be mentioned is the environmental aspect. Because the board can simply be wiped off with a dry sponge and no sheets are required, which protects the environment. The paper can only rarely be used more than once - this is actually only the case if you, as a seminar leader, make templates that are used again regularly. Since no paper is used and the board can be easily cleaned and recycled, it is somewhat more environmentally friendly to begin with. In addition, the whiteboard marks can usually be easily refilled so that unnecessary plastic waste is avoided.

The board is always ready for use in the seminar room or office, lack of paper is not a problem here and saves effort and money.

But what about the use? At first glance, it seems as if the flipchart is superior: A common idea is that such a board hangs on the wall - and that makes it very inflexible for use by groups. But that does not have to be the case! There are whiteboards in many different sizes and shapes - especially mobile whiteboards. It is therefore very possible that the different groups are each given a board and then use it to present their ideas, for example by simply rolling it out.

This enables creative processes where different media are combined. For example, brainstorming can be done individually or in groups on small paper circles or clouds; these can then be attached to the board with magnets. In this way, they remain movable and allow a constant adjustment of the overall result or the overall image. Relationships between the individual elements can then be drawn directly on the board using a board marker. Since the markers can be wiped off immediately with a dry sponge, extremely flexible and dynamic work with the board is possible at any time.

The mobile whiteboards are of course particularly practical, which can be pushed upthe wall to save space when not needed. They provide maximum flexibility when working. Of course, a board mounted on the wall can not. For example, mobile whiteboards can be used by the entire team because they can be moved from one room to another. This is also ideal for flexible space concepts or in co-working spaces.